Post-surgical assessment of excised tissue from patients with Buruli ulcer disease: Progression of infection in macroscopically healthy tissue

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1199-1206

  Bretzel, G ^a,b   Siegmund, V ^a,b   Racz, P ^a   Van Vloten, F ^a   Ngos, F ^c   Thompson, W ^d   Biason, P ^e   Adjei, O ^f   Fleischer, B ^a   Nitschke, J ^a,e  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Hôpital de District   (Cameroon)

^d Agogo Presbyterian Hospital   (Ghana)

^e MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^f KUMASI CENTRE FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Bacterial dissemination; Buruli surgery; Exision margins; Histopathology; PCR

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURULI ULCER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FASCIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GHANA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SKIN ULCER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS;

EID: 27844538706     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01507.x     Document Type: Article

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